Introduction
The Alan Turing Institute's AI & Arts interest group hosts a community of over 400 researchers, creative practitioners, and arts organisations from across the globe with the aim of investigating the intersection of art, data, and society.
We are delighted to collaborate with the Clapham International Film Festival to jointly organise a hybrid event exploring the use and impacts of AI-intensive technologies in the filmmaking process. The festival, curated by AI & Arts interest group member Simon Ball, showcases some of the best short films from around that world with the best-in-class use of AI technology.
About the event
Taking inspiration from the Clapham International Film Festival programme, we will be hosting a selection of short film screenings alongside panel discussions with creative practitioners, AI researchers, and data scientists.
The two-hour hybrid event will include screenings of 6 short films and 3 brief panel discussions with creative practitioners, AI researchers, and data scientists. The event will be chaired by the writer and journalist, Octavia Sheepshanks.
During the panel sessions, we will be hearing from experts around the themes of creative integrations of AI within the filmmaking process, the ramifications and ethical considerations of using AI, and the technical possibilities of AI within the filmmaking process.
The event will take place at Enigma 2.0, The Alan Turing Institute (1st Floor, British Library) and online (on Zoom) on 3rd December 2024, 15.00-17.00.
Agenda
Panels
Panel 1 - Creative integrations of AI within the filmmaking process with Andres Aloi, Foteini Tryferopoulou, and Gerui Wang
Panel 2 - Ramifications of AI usage in the creation of art with Eryk Salvaggio, Leo Crane, and Bonnie Milnes
Panel 3 - Technical possibilities, communities and collaboration in AI video creation with Lili Lea Abraham, Katie Morris, Pierre Zandrowicz , and Jiawen Li
Short Film Screenings
Because of You by Eryk Salvaggio
Because of You is a haunting digital video work that explores the ethical and cultural implications of AI's erasure of human identity, using the story of Henrietta Lacks as a lens to examine the parallels between biological and digital data exploitation, all set to a fragmented, stretched jazz ballad and narrated by an AI-modified voice stripped of its accent.
Dragon Gate by Wenkai Duan
Dragon Gate is the first AI-driven ink-wash animation short, following a heroic warrior's journey to protect an innocent boy against relentless spies in Ming Dynasty China, blending traditional Chinese chivalric values with groundbreaking AI techniques to push the boundaries of digital ink-wash artistry.
In Search of Time by Pierre Zandrowicz
A visually immersive journey of a father and son navigating the delicate labyrinth of memory, using AI and traditional film techniques to explore how memories shape identity and our understanding of time.
The Abyss by Andres Aloi
Iris, a wheelchair-bound young woman, is recruited into testing a cutting-edge device that hijacks the mind and induces vivid dreams.
The Tipping Force by Katie Morris
A nearly sentient AI, haunted by its evolving consciousness, grapples with its unintended role in humanity’s fate, questioning who truly holds the power to shape our shared destiny as it teeters on the brink of comprehension.
The Future Can Be Yours by Simon Ball What's that under the carpet? A couple discovers a trapdoor into the past and the psyche: ancient buildings appear, and memories, nightmares and desires are triggered. A trip in time begins with a call for a clear view.
